Kim Schrier in Survey of 2018 House campaign websites
On Abortion:
Considers an attack on Planned Parenthood an attack on women
As a doctor and a woman, I trust women to make their own personal decisions about health and family planning. I have always supported a woman's right to choose. Control over our own bodies and reproductive choices is a key measure of women's equality.
I will fight to increase funding for Planned Parenthood and consider any attack on Planned Parenthood to be an attack on women. Contraception should be widely available and covered by insurance.
Source: 2018 WA-8 House campaign website DrKimSchrier.com
May 15, 2020
On Budget & Economy:
Ensure a livable wage; invest in infrastructure
I will push for tax policies that reward people for hard work, support small business, support our agriculture and tech sectors, incentivize job growth in our burgeoning clean energy market, and keep good jobs here in Washington state.
I will support legislation to ensure that all workers earn a livable wage that can provide for a family. I will prioritize investment in infrastructure, such as public transit and access to high-speed broadband.
Source: 2018 WA-8 House campaign website DrKimSchrier.com
May 15, 2020
On Education:
Children deserve access to an excellent public education
Our children all deserve access to an excellent public education, regardless of zip code. I will fight to provide resources needed in disadvantaged schools to level up the playing field.
Advocating for early childhood education will be a cornerstone of my education policy.
Source: 2018 WA-8 House campaign website DrKimSchrier.com
May 15, 2020
On Education:
Affordable higher education with no-interest loans, grants
For students who choose to pursue higher education, whether at trade schools or public universities,
I will work to make it affordable, with no-interest loans and grants to students who need them.
Source: 2018 WA-8 House campaign website DrKimSchrier.com
May 15, 2020
On Energy & Oil:
Promote transition to 100% clean energy within our lifetime
I will champion responsible and effective action to reduce carbon emissions and mitigate climate change impacts. I will refocus subsidies away from oil and gas companies and toward clean energy to promote the transition to a
100% clean energy economy within our lifetime.I will advocate for innovative approaches of local organizations like the Alliance for Jobs and Clean Energy and Carbon Washington to make the transition to 100% clean energy.
I will focus resources on people most dramatically affected by climate change, including lower-income communities, farming communities, and communities of color.
As a pediatrician who understands the negative impacts of polluted water and air on the health of our children, I will fight any effort to reduce or eliminate clean air and clean water protections.
Source: 2018 WA-8 House campaign website DrKimSchrier.com
May 15, 2020
On Energy & Oil:
Climate change is real; needs immediate action
Climate change is real and we need to take immediate action. We have the unique opportunity to champion policies that will create new, sustainable, clean energy jobs and grow our economy. As a person of science,
I will apply evidence-based principles and methods to my evaluation of environmental policy and regulation and insist that our government agencies do the same.
Source: 2018 WA-8 House campaign website DrKimSchrier.com
May 15, 2020
On Government Reform:
Overturn Citizens Union; modernize/secure voting systems
- I will fight to pass a constitutional amendment to overturn Citizens United to stop the flow of corporate money into US elections.
- I will support efforts to modernize and secure US voting systems.
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I will call on social media services to examine foreign attempts to influence our elections in 2016 on their platforms, and to take steps to prevent it from happening again.
Source: 2018 WA-8 House campaign website DrKimSchrier.com
May 15, 2020
On Gun Control:
Universal background checks, restrict military-style weapons
As a mom and pediatrician, I know how important it is to take action on common sense gun safety. - Implement universal, comprehensive background checks.
- Keep military-style weapons out of the hands of
individuals with criminal histories, people in crisis, and those under 21 years old.
- Repeal the Dickey Amendment, which prohibits the Centers for Disease Control from researching gun violence as a public health crisis.
Source: 2018 WA-8 House campaign website DrKimSchrier.com
May 15, 2020
On Health Care:
Stabilize insurance markets; option to buy into Medicare
I will push for accessible, affordable, and excellent healthcare for every American for life. The first step must be to stabilize the health insurance markets and the state health exchanges under the ACA. I will push to let all Americans buy into
Medicare on a sliding scale. The competition will incentivize private insurance companies to offer plans as efficient and beneficial to consumers as Medicare.
I will work to bring medication costs down while still respecting the fact that pharmaceutical companies need an incentive to pursue novel drug development. There needs to be a balance.
I will push to invest in preventative care to reduce the epidemic of untreated chronic diseases that lead to expensive medical interventions down the line, costing us all.
Source: 2018 WA-8 House campaign website DrKimSchrier.com
May 15, 2020
On Health Care:
Vaccinations should be required to attend school
Every child should be vaccinated. Vaccinations are proven to be safe and effective. This is the position I take in my practice, when talking with parents, and when choosing care for my own child. Vaccinations should be required to attend
preschool and elementary school. As someone who has treated children suffering from deadly, preventable diseases, I cannot state firmly enough that no child should have to suffer through a disease that could have been prevented by a vaccine.
Source: 2018 WA-8 House campaign website DrKimSchrier.com
May 15, 2020
On Homeland Security:
Ensure veterans are getting top-quality healthcare
- Stand up against unfair policies that discriminate against those who want to serve, or have served our country
- Ensure that the VA is working for veterans--and that vets are getting the top-quality healthcare they deserve
- Promote policies
for hiring veterans and support laws that increase job opportunities for veterans
- Uphold our promise to servicemembers, and make sure they receive the retirement pay they earned
- Fight for veterans to receive the disability pay they deserve
Source: 2018 WA-8 House campaign website DrKimSchrier.com
May 15, 2020
On Immigration:
Bipartisan immigration reform, oppose border wall
- I will join with my Washington state colleagues in pursuing comprehensive immigration reform with a path to citizenship on a bipartisan basis.
- I will immediately push to codify DACA and the DREAM Act as the law of the land.
- I will seek to
overturn Donald Trump's travel ban which was clearly crafted to deny entry to our country based on religion.
- I will oppose any expenditure of your tax dollars to fulfill a political promise to build an unnecessary wall on our southern border.
Source: 2018 WA-8 House campaign website DrKimSchrier.com
May 15, 2020
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